Stamp holder



@et 26, im. i A. GUNNaNG STAMP HOLDER heeisheet Filed Feb. 25, 1942 @ci 25, w43 A. @UNNENG 332,571

4 STAMP HOLDER Filed Feb. 25, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 i i i l f i s a s i i Fmi i 272/ I Z5.

7 Z5 lu veutor .ilfrdamzz'z Patented Oct. `1943 I -*UN1TD f STATES jorsice STAMP HOLDER Alfred Gunning, Houston, Tex.

lApplication February 25, 1942, Serial No. 432,349

(Cl. 22S-87.5)

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in holders for postage stamps and similar stamps or articlesin strip form, and

the invention has for its primary object to provide a holder including a plurality of foldable sections upon Whichthe stamps may be positioned for folding into a compact form whereby to protect the adhesive surface of the stamps from moisture while the same i are carried in the pocket, billfold, or other container.

A further object of the invention is to provide a folder of this character of simple and practical construction, which is neat and attractive in appearance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture, and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended. Y

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout and in which:

` tioned in registry withthe folds 6 of the strip Figure 1 is a plan View showing the holder in Figure '7 is a similar view showing the com- Y pleted holder in open position. y

Figure 8 is a fragmentary plan view of the rear pocket.

Figure 9 is a sectional View taken on a line 9 5 o-f Figure 7, and

Figure 10 is an edge elevational view.

Referring now to the drawings in detail and with particular reference to'Figures 1 to 4, inclusive, the numeral 5 designates a strip of paper having transversely extending Vfold lines arranged in spaced parallelism, the longitudinal side edges of the strip, at one end, being formed with flaps l and 8 at opposite edges of the strip, the flaps being of a Width'substantially equal to the widthof the end panel 9 and of alength slightly less than the width of the strip 5 to permit folding of the flaps inoverlapping relation.

The flap 1 is formed with a longitudinally extending slit IU and the outer end of the flap 8 is formed with a tongue IIv adapted to be inserted in the slit I when the flaps. are in folded position.` The flaps I and` 8 are connected to the side, edges of the panel 9 by fold lines I2.

Adjacent the panel i is a panel I3 projecting from the opposite side edges of which are tabs E4 and I5, the tabs I4 and I5 being free of the flaps 'I and 8 and the flaps I4 and I5 are of an area less than the area of the flaps 'I and 8 as shown to advantage in Figure 2 of the drawings. The tabs I4 and I5 are adapted to be folded inwardly in overlapping relation upon the panel I3 and free therefrom, the overlapping edgesy of the tabs I4 and I5 being secured by mucilage or the like. Y

, The edges of the tabs I4 and I5 remote from the flaps I and 8 are formed with notches I6 to facilitate the placing of one end of a strip of postage stamps or the like I'I under said aps. The perforated ledges i8 of the stamps are posiof material 5, so that the stamps will be folded along their perforated edges, together with the strip.

The strip V5, outwardly of the panel 9, is folded along thev fold` lines 6, together with the postage stamps, and the panel I3 is likewise folded, to- Y gether with the remaining portion of the strip upon the panel 9 and secured in `folded position by the aps land 8. Y

In the'modifled `form of the invention Y, illustrated inFigures 5 to l0, inclusive, the strip of paper is shown at I9 having the transverse fold lines defining panels 2|, Y

The end panel 22 is provided with a curved edge 23 and adapted for folding upon the adjacent panel 24, as shown in Figure 6, the curved edge facilitating theV insertion and removal of the end stamp of a strip of stamps. YThe side edges of the panel 22 are provided with foldable tabs 25 and 26 adapted for folding in overlapping relation behind the panel 24 and cemented to each other. One edge of the tabs 25 and 26 are reduced in width, as shownat 21, to facilitate insertion and removal of the tongue 28 at the other end of the strip, when the panels y are folded one upon the other.

Thestamps are of an area substantially equal to the area of the panels and are folded with the panels into a compact form. The gummed surface of the stamps-are thus separated from each other and protected from moisture while being A postage stamp holder comprising, a strip of 5 exible materia1 having spaced parallel transverse fold lines dening individual backing sections for stamps in strip form when placed upon the strip of material, said strip of material being folded alongv` said transverse .fold lines, tabs at l0 the side edges of the strip adjacent onei end` of the strip and foldable upon the strip'to form fa pocket for receiving one end of a' strip of stamps.

and av second pair of tabs carried by the side edges of the strip ofr material at its end adjacent the rst named tabs and foldable in inter- X *Y locking engagement over the` folded strip and pocket to retain the same in foldedvposition.' n 

